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Xbox Game Studios |OT5| The Cult of Phil in the Age of Booty: A Case Study
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The link is just talking about the environmental and community impact of the data centers that DO serve Google internally. That doesn't mean that's all they do.
https://cloud.google.com/about/data-centers/
How are people feeling about the upcoming Gears 5? This is coming from someone who has never played any of the Gears games. I rewatched the trailer today and am just not into it. The trailer itself was pretty bad in my opinion. The characters showcased in the first half of the trailer were pretty bland as well. The short glimpses of gameplay looked interesting. Are people holding out hope that the multiplayer will be good, or is the general consensus that the singleplayer mode should be good?
I'm incredibly excited for it. It sounds like it's the most ambitious Gears game yet.
Halo needs complex worlds? It has an already complex gameplay, it's fps, it doesn't need "worlds". It needs well designed levels(and IMHO blue team and enemy lines have the best level design in the series), worlds are fucking boring.
Sea of thieves is one of the best gaas around there, costantly updated with a deep sandbox which is enriched constantly.
RDR2 and GOW means nothing to me, besides the extremely high production value and music/visuals. They are boring. TW3 would have been better with a more robust handling of th campaign like the 2 and fewer subquests but all perfect like bloody baron. Plus it had to be a gaas because at launch it was bethesda like bugged.
DMCV is a perfect game, but a wasted opportunity because it could have expanded the bloody palace with time.
An ever updating and evolving obsidian game? I will sign
I don't care of ninja theory and I hope that ms shows them how to do it.
Halo 5 had the third best Ai in the franchise IMHO, after 4 and reach.
Yes, I always agree with you on halo
I don't see the banished in infinite, infinite is a 5's direct sequel remember? But we just don't have enough connective extended universe material to make suppositions, no book, comic or anything is helping.
Played and 3's ai is just obscene, while IMHO 4 is the absolute peak of AI in gaming among isolation.
We just had to wait Battletoads and Perfect dark, even if I don't see Rare making a new game of an old saga unless they have a new vision for it.
I just can't immagine minekart, I'm sorry. While Minecraft x Stronghold crusader could be an awesome thing IMHO
In 5 he will be just the old monitor's voice in new hope.
The description of gears tactics is fitting to Niles, so he maybe turned to a locust and become the main villain of the spin off.
Two new games and a new expansion.
We don't even know how the gameplay works, my analogy was due to the focus on procedually generated weapons and settings, but the gear- focus instead of classes breaks the comparison..
Nah they will be fine at e3, microsoft had to share their image as good gaas guys, once you buy one of their products you can count that will last for years. I guess that fh4 2nd dlc will be a stand alone, so it could be marketed as a new game, like monster hunter or hzd.
IMHO at e3 we will see again minecraft and SoT with tease f what's next.
Tactics could be a minor title in the 2020's line up
I don't love fable, or at least I'm not a fan, but IMHO it's what's the industry needs, too much seriousness in fantasy
I too heard of the playground rumor in 2016 from a friend, so it spawned somewhere in that period
Gears series is like old and new Star Wars movies.
I think all are in agreement that 1-3 is just a great action packed trilogy with memorable characters and stories.
The new 4-6? seem to be a bit of a hit/ miss scenario. People either like it or don't. A lot of people didn't like the new characters and story was so-so.
5 is obviously a continuation of 4 so it will be up to you to play 4 first and decide what you think. After 5 we should have an idea where 6 will be headed.
Despite different opinions about 4, it still has stellar shoot and cover mechanics imo and is unmatched by other 3rd person shooters.
That Interficium poster got done dirty by getting banned for calling out Leocarian in that thread. Permanent ban for speaking truth about that poster being a fake insider. Honestly, I was always dogging Leocarian, too, because of the way they posted, so I'm glad no mods caught me telling Leocarian what time it was.
Oh, I had never seen the poster before so didn't know. Kinda funny the ban hammer came down on a legit one then.
Very unlikely IMO. I think MS would be better off building a studio in Asia as opposed to saving NIS or buying out a company.
I dont see that happening if you said that fh4 second dlc is going to be an huge one. Playground is good but not that good, especially after "loosing" grant orban and ralph fulton to the rpg studio will slow them.
Nope, it's a fan made from the official Halo:nightfall art.
I agree, I feel the thirst
for an anxious person it's like been tortured, I need leaks.
Is there any fifth season? With an huge expansion between them?
I don't see that happen.
FM7 isn't on gp just because they had not signed deals with car producers for gamepass, FM8 will definitly be on gamepass.
Remember that Playground NEEDS Turn 10 like the previous iteration of the saga for the engine, so if they are not ready, nor will be playground. FH5 will be fine in 2021 with an established console base.
It's absolutely perfect for the mission design, while IDK about the shooting.
Everyone wants a slice of azure? Nadella should be happy
https://i./i/pix/2017/06/13/21/415A5ECD00000578-4601362-image-m-21_1497386857986.jpg
So gears is my favourite Ip ever, with the best gameplay ever created, I've played each one of them multiple times, read the expanded universe products and so on.
Of course the opening looks bland, you don't know anything, who those person are, what is their backstory and what everything means.
The gameplay is already excellent in gears, so no wonder it looked awesome in the footage.
So what I think about the game? That will be a missed occasion for the perfect game because it should have been linear like the previous. Adding the skiff sections and esploration will doom the campaign quality even though I expect the single sections to be awesome.
The bad influence of the fucking Cory Balrog, may God curse him.
The multiplayer with horde 4.0, pvp with new movement options, and "escape" will be good
Depends, msft think that they could take advantage of the disgaea ip? They will had to pay extra bucks after the bankruptcy to pay the debts and bring the studio to the modern age?
I don't think MS will be swooping in on this one. They're pretty deeply in debt and not in a place to even contemplate being saved, let alone by a foreign company.
That's interesting, because back then the rumour would have been baseless speculation. According to rumours, Playground were initially pitching an original IP action RPG to multiple publishers, but they failed to land a deal, so Microsoft then suggested that they turn it into a Fable game instead. To my understanding, that happened at some point in 2017, not earlier than that. The first confirmation of Playground's second studio came at the start of 2017, and the first news of their second project being an RPG - still not Fable at that point - broke later that year.
Perfectly ok with it as long as it isn't a hitman re-skin, and fwiw I love hitman.
I'm really tired of having my dreams of IO and Asobo continuously crushed and reignited over and over. I can't wait for E3 just so I can get this rumor over with for the next few months atleast.
I don't understand why people are shocked by Microsoft working with Sony and Nintendo. They aren't enemies, they have been business partners for years.
If you're MS and you look at Game Streaming as a major part of the future then you would look at your future threats AWS, Tencent and Google. A possible solution is a services (a white label version of xCloud) which you can on-sell to other business partners but that's only one part.
Other parts would be looking at Microsoft core. MS has been about democratising software/technology and on-selling to clients. Phil has 2 parts to his job, Microsoft Gaming (MSG) and XBOX.
(GDC GameStack Video (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaCZHrQg_-qPrYIVsTFuUHg )
I was joking about 'solid maybe' but when you look at this image there is one thing missing from MS's Gamestack.
Nintendo/GamePass Rumours
Been thinking that the whole Game Pass on Nintendo was only a small part. The main part is MS on-selling Xbox Live and Gamestack/Azure backend services to Nintendo for their online. Why reinvent the wheel when you can just purchase it? Phil's trips to Japan and Korea weren't about just getting Persona 5(as an example) on the xbox, they were about selling MSG and xCloud to the 3rd Party Publishers and Devs.
Google Stadia & Future
At this stage Google's cloud offerings aren't on the same level as AWS and Azure. This doesn't mean Stadia wouldn't be a success or the best. As you should never underestimate Google. But if you take future partners away from them you can remove forward momentum. I wouldn't be surprised if future partnerships with Nintendo, EA, Capcom, Sega, Steam, Bungie and maybe Zenimax are announced, shortly.
Random and Probably Wrong Thought
Phil's recent trip to Korea seemed a little usual as he normally only reference Japanese in his tweet, from what I remember. There have been job listings for the Korean market and from my understanding is Korea is mainly a PC (Cross Fire) and mobile market. Now the random thought part. I have been wondering if an additional part of the Korean trip was looking at the possibility of purchasing the US based studios (Seattle and Austin) from NCSoft? Arena.net was down sized to 250ish early 2019 and NCSoft's outlook was a little soft. I'm probably wrong.
If you're MS and you look at Game Streaming as a major part of the future then you would look at your future threats AWS, Tencent and Google. A possible solution is a services (a white label version of xCloud) which you can on-sell to other business partners but that's only one part.
Other parts would be looking at Microsoft core. MS has been about democratising software/technology and on-selling to clients. Phil has 2 parts to his job, Microsoft Gaming (MSG) and XBOX.
- MSG: GameStack - PlayFab, Azure, Xbox Live, Mixer, Havok, DirectX, Xcloud etc.
- Xbox: Xbox Live, XBox Game Studios, Game Pass, Personal Gaming across MS products like Console/PC and Mobile
(GDC GameStack Video (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaCZHrQg_-qPrYIVsTFuUHg )
I was joking about 'solid maybe' but when you look at this image there is one thing missing from MS's Gamestack.
Nintendo/GamePass Rumours
Been thinking that the whole Game Pass on Nintendo was only a small part. The main part is MS on-selling Xbox Live and Gamestack/Azure backend services to Nintendo for their online. Why reinvent the wheel when you can just purchase it? Phil's trips to Japan and Korea weren't about just getting Persona 5(as an example) on the xbox, they were about selling MSG and xCloud to the 3rd Party Publishers and Devs.
Google Stadia & Future
At this stage Google's cloud offerings aren't on the same level as AWS and Azure. This doesn't mean Stadia wouldn't be a success or the best. As you should never underestimate Google. But if you take future partners away from them you can remove forward momentum. I wouldn't be surprised if future partnerships with Nintendo, EA, Capcom, Sega, Steam, Bungie and maybe Zenimax are announced, shortly.
Random and Probably Wrong Thought
Phil's recent trip to Korea seemed a little usual as he normally only reference Japanese in his tweet, from what I remember. There have been job listings for the Korean market and from my understanding is Korea is mainly a PC (Cross Fire) and mobile market. Now the random thought part. I have been wondering if an additional part of the Korean trip was looking at the possibility of purchasing the US based studios (Seattle and Austin) from NCSoft? Arena.net was down sized to 250ish early 2019 and NCSoft's outlook was a little soft. I'm probably wrong.
I don't understand why people are shocked by Microsoft working with Sony and Nintendo. They aren't enemies, they have been business partners for years.
If you're MS and you look at Game Streaming as a major part of the future then you would look at your future threats AWS, Tencent and Google. A possible solution is a services (a white label version of xCloud) which you can on-sell to other business partners but that's only one part.
Other parts would be looking at Microsoft core. MS has been about democratising software/technology and on-selling to clients. Phil has 2 parts to his job, Microsoft Gaming (MSG) and XBOX.
If you watch the GDC 2019 videos about GameStack and Playfab. You will notice MS has taken all their technologies from XB Live and moved then into their Playfab services. Creating a product they can on-sell to 3rd party to compete against AWS.
- MSG: GameStack - PlayFab, Azure, Xbox Live, Mixer, Havok, DirectX, Xcloud etc.
- Xbox: Xbox Live, XBox Game Studios, Game Pass, Personal Gaming across MS products like Console/PC and Mobile
(GDC GameStack Video (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaCZHrQg_-qPrYIVsTFuUHg )
I was joking about 'solid maybe' but when you look at this image there is one thing missing from MS's Gamestack.
A GAME ENGINE?!
Just kidding, but that is my guess.
User Banned (permanent): Posting false 'leaks'. Claiming they were verified for this specifically.
lmao.
if you gonna get banned for a fake leak at least making something cool and not a list lol
What the hell happened to RodneyBouche?
He was right about Ninja Theory, he was starting to pick up steam as an insider and got so much undeserved hate.
He was right about Ninja Theory, he was starting to pick up steam as an insider and got so much undeserved hate.
If I remember correctly, the problem with Rodney was he was doing some amazing squirrel work but was passing himself off as an insider when bringing it into the discussion. He got warned and then did it a few more times and was banned. There was also a bit of a language barrier so it might not have been entirely malicious.
I think that is right.
I think that is right.
IIRC he didn't do a great job distinguishing what was speculation and what wasn't
I'm extremely excited about it. Having bought almost every gears game at launch. I can't wait to get my hands on Gears 5. I'm interested to see where The Coalition takes the franchise. They keep saying this is their most ambitious gears game and I want to know what makes it so ambitious besides using the skiff to explore the frozen lake/area. I'm sure you could buy gears 4 for cheap now a days. Plus I think it's on Gamepass but I'm not sure. The gameplay is identical to the previous games and I think it's a good first gears game for most people. The story doesn't call back to the previous games as much so you won't be confused about certain events or "who or what is this" scenarios. and I think it does a good enough job of filling the holes and answering the questions the player has as they progress through the story. So you can determine if gears is your cup of tea and maybe decide to check out the previous games.
I'll certainly download it to see how it showcases the Unreal Engine, but I'm not expecting to get much more out of it than that. I played Gears 4 and it's just not the type of game for me. The trailer from last year didn't change that impression. I'm sure fans of the series will be happy with it, though!
I can definitely back this advice. I've been playing the Gears games for the first time over the past two years. I started with 4, then played Gears 1 (Ultimate Edition) and 2. I'm excited to play Gears 3 later this Spring. It was a very smooth transition and was no issue in terms of story and characters.
Keeping the best Gears for last I see.
Maybe you should play Judgement before 3. And then end your run on the highest note possible.
I think the reception will be divided, especially if you look at the Forums, lot of people not happy with Kate being the main protagonist but the Gears hardcore fans are never happy, haha.
I think it was a very good trailer, the voice acting, animations and the setting all added to the gravity of the moment. Doesn't look linear and the environments themselves are quite excellent.
I am personally curious about what they can do graphically. I want to see RTX, Industry leading Graphics, 4k 60 on 1x and PC will be mind-blowing. Can they hit 1080p 60 on 1S?
I liked both Gears 2 and Judgment better than Gears 3. I really didn't enjoy fighting the Lambent, so that's the first few hours out the window. The game does improve a lot later on, but by that point my overall impression has already been ruined. I also thought that they went overboard with the dudebro attitude in Gears 3, way, way overboard. It never bothered me in the rest of the series, but here it did. And then there's one important story moment - you know which one - which was supposed to be emotional, but it just felt stupid and unnecessary to me.
All this gears talk makes me want to play some gears 4. I just haaaaate downloading that game, isn't it at like what? 120 gb or something? I'm a die hard halo fan first and foremost so I obviously own halo 5 which takes up about 110 or so gb so I got some tough decisions to make today. Honestly with all this ssd talk for next gen I hope they find a way to compact these files more, having 5 games take up my entire 1 tb Xbox one x hard drive is annoying, an no I'm not buying no damn external storage, this ain't 2001, I shouldn't have to buy essentially memory card.
I only played the first game and its remaster, playing through the second. Not a fan of anything so far, really. It's an okay franchise, nothing special thus far. Having said that the trailers for Gears 5 look great, which is one of the main reasons I am pushing through these games even in the parts I'm not enjoying a lot. After seeing the 15th "let's split up in these two conveniently placed tight corridotrs" section I can't help but roll my eyes, so the more open design of 5 sounds refreshing to say the least.
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